《吸血鬼日记》第一季精讲 第3集08:坐等幸福来敲门

You have a beautiful home, Elena.Thank you.

你家真漂亮 埃琳娜 谢谢

I can not believe that Mr Tanner¹ let you in the team.

真不敢相信泰纳先生居然让你加入了球队

Ah,Tyler must be seely.

泰勒真可怜

But good for you. Go for it.

但对你来说是个好机会 加油吧

That's what I always tell him. You have to engage².

我总是那样跟他说 你必须要去争取

You can't just sit there and wait for life to come to you.

而不能只是坐等幸福来敲门

You have to go get it.

你要主动去争取

Yeah, Elena wasn't so lucky today.

埃琳娜今天不太走运

It's only because you missed summer camp.

只是因为你错过了夏令营

God, I don't know how you're ever

天啊 我不知道你什么时候

Going to learn the routines³.

才能学会那套动作

I'll work with her. She'll get it.

我会教她 她很快就能学会的

I guess we can put her in the back.

我想可以把她放在队伍后面

You know, you don't seem like

你知道吗 你看起来不像

The cheerleader type, Elena.

会加入拉拉队员的人 埃琳娜

Oh, it's just 'cause her parents died.

那是因为她的父母刚过世

Yeah, I mean, she's just

是的 我是说 她正在

Totally going through a blah phase⁴.

经历一段难熬的时期

She used to be way more fun.

她曾经是那样的有趣

And I say that with complete sensitivity⁵.

我完全没有任何冒犯的意思

I'm sorry, Elena.

我很抱歉 埃琳娜

I know what it's like to lose both your parents.

我明白失去双亲的感觉

In fact, Stefan and I have watched almost every single person

事实上 斯特凡和我见证了

We've ever cared about die.

我们在乎的每一个人的死亡

We don't need to get into that right now, Damon.

你没必要现在提起这个 达蒙

Oh, you know what, you're right, Stef. I'm sorry.

斯特凡 你说的对 我很抱歉

The last thing I wanted to do was bring her up.

我最不想做的就是提到她

Don't do that.Not while I'm working.

别这样 我在工作呢

I'll see you later.I'll be right back.

回头见 我很快回来

She's my sister and I love her,

她是我妹妹 我爱她

But sometimes she can really make you work for it.

但有时候她真的让人心如刀割 妒火中烧

I find it pretty easy.

用药勾她太容易了

1 tanner   

n.制革工人；（英国旧时的）六便士币

参考例句：

• Now you tell me how Bob Tanner done it, Huck." 那么哈克你说说鲍勃 - 唐纳怎么试的吧。” 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
• The tanner got up and interrupted him. 皮匠站起来，打断了他的话。 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡

2 engage   

vt.使从事于，使忙着；使订婚；雇用，聘；接合，啮合；vi. 从事于，参加

参考例句：

• I have no time to engage in the debate.我没时间参加辩论。
• It is difficult to engage teachers of quality.很难招聘到优秀教师。

3 routines   

n.[计算机]程序( routine的名词复数 )；例行公事；日常工作；固定节目

参考例句：

• The artists were going through their daily routines. 艺术家们正进行日常的练习活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Hospital routines for nurses are very rigid. 医院中护士的日常工作非常刻板。 来自辞典例句

4 phase   

n.相位，时期，局面，阶段；vt.逐步执行，实行，按计划进行

参考例句：

• The first phase of the project has been completed.第一期工程已经告一段落。
• It was a very important phase of history.它是一个非常重要的历史阶段。

5 sensitivity   

n.敏感（性），灵敏（度）

参考例句：

• Hearing sensitivity declines with age.听觉因年老而衰退。
• Such is the sensitivity of the information that only two people are allowed to know it.这信息极为敏感，只允许两个人知道。